Magic Socks

Two socks knitted simultaneously, one inside the other.

Magic Socks - click for instructions. Please note: the link at the bottom of the first instruction page that is supposed to take you to page 2 is broken. Click here for page 2, and here for page 3.

Leftover Regia in blue and red - contrasting colors to make the double knitting easier. I'm doing these toe-up instead of cuff-down, and I'm so looking forward to figuring out how to do the heel from this direction... a smart woman would have followed directions the first time, but nooooo, not me. I'm not enjoying these as much as I thought I would... I think it's because switching colors after every stitch is so damned slow. It's like k1, p1 ribbing, only much worse.

This photo shows the socks as they are being knit.
This photo shows the inside sock pulled out.
After many long months, here we are at the end.
Just before binding off... fraternal Siamese twins joined at the cuff.
Done. Done done done done DONE!!! And now for the boring analysis: one word, tedious. Incredifuckingly tedious. This isn't the sort of pattern you attempt in order to make a pair of socks quickly, because trust me... quick it ain't. It's the sort of thing you do if you're clinically insane and need to prove it in public. I enjoyed the challenge of beginning the toes and working the heels, but the rest of the way it was deadly dull. Also, this is not my best work; I found it tough to keep to gauge, I made a huge mistake at the heel and had to tear out and redo, and despite my best efforts the cuff is bound off a little too tightly. You want proof that I'm insane? I'm thinking about doing another pair to see if I can work out these problems. Someone call my shrink.